Union Profile:

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS / AFT

Total
$99,860,722
Total political spending by the union
Federal
$68,446,954
Total political spending at the federal level
State
$31,413,767
Total political spending at the state level
Political Spending by Year
Year Amount
2024 $1,300,525
2023 $3,042,272
2022 $6,043,013
2021 $3,064,734
2020 $3,200,712
2019 $1,944,050
2018 $9,580,268
2017 $3,578,300
2016 $21,904,144
2015 $2,091,500
2014 $9,272,910
2013 $1,608,967
2012 $15,371,021
2011 $1,155,758
2010 $12,682,546
2009 $808,150
2008 $711,582
2007 $354,552
2006 $1,153,200
2005 $421,000
2004 $361,900
2003 $66,000
2002 $498,894
2001 $6,700
2000 $151,000
1999 $3,500
Not all political donations in our data sets include dates. This may result in discrepancies between spending listed on this chart and total spending.
Partisan Spending
Democratic: $60,116,166 (99.2%)
Republican: $462,600 (0.8%)
Any spending not identified as Republican or Democrat is either non-partisan, third party, or unknown. Ballot initiative spending was not assigned to political parties and is not included in this chart.

Top Locals by Political Spending

Local Total political spending by local
1 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS $25,987,185
2 ILLINOIS FEDERATION OF TEACHERS $25,038,494
3 NEW YORK STATE UNITED TEACHERS $18,219,363
4 CHICAGO FEDERATION OF TEACHERS LOCAL 1 $7,958,794
5 NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FEDERATION $6,549,855
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Top Federal Candidates Receiving Contributions

Candidate Party Total contributions to candidate
1 RAUL M GRIJALVA Democratic $90,000
2 BETTY MCCOLLUM Democratic $90,000
3 JAMES E (JIM) CLYBURN Democratic $90,000
4 ROBERT C (BOBBY) SCOTT Democratic $90,000
5 JOHN B LARSON Democratic $90,000
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Top State Candidates Receiving Contributions

Candidate Party State Total contributions to candidate
1 BRANDON JOHNSON Nonpartisan Illinois $2,207,272
2 TERENCE RICHARD (TERRY) MCAULIFFE Democratic Virginia $1,239,000
3 THOMAS W (TOM) WOLF & JOHN K FETTERMAN Democratic Pennsylvania $700,000
4 THOMAS W (TOM) WOLF & MICHAEL J STACK III Democratic Pennsylvania $661,781
5 CHARLES JOSEPH (CHARLIE) CRIST JR Republican, Democratic Florida $500,000
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